18/05/2017As a part of National Volunteers Week, Strode College Hair & Beauty Salon are generously offering a FREE complimentary treatments between Monday 5th and Friday 9th June to ALL Heads Up Volunteers.MEN are most welcome !!!

Volunteer Tea Party

19/04/2017On Friday the 7th April we held a tea party for all our volunteers and trustees at Heads Up. We wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for all their time, effort and dedication to our service. It also gave the opportunity for volunteers to meet each other, share their experiences and give an insight in to what they offer to the service. We had lots of cakes and home-made Easter biscuits baked with the clients in the memory group. Our guest of honour was Queenie our favourite mascot who spends most of her week greeting new arrivals or attending our memory groups. The tea party was a great success, enjoyed by all who attended.

Tea's Up! Heads Up Staff, Trustees and Volunteers, along with special guest, Queenie, enjoying the Tea Party.

Source: Wells Journal Thursday April 20th.

Volunteer Vacancies

12/01/2017

We are looking for volunteers to help in our Memories (Dementia) group on Wednesdays from 10 - 2.30 pm. If you have some time to spare and would like to support this group, then please come and have a chat with Mandy or ring (01749) 670667 for further information.

Training and Support for Volunteers

24/11/2016On the 14th November,Volunteering Officer, Leonie Girling,who works for SPARK, visited Heads Up to discuss and promote Training and Support for Volunteers.

SPARK, formally SSVCA, are a charity who provide Information, Advice, Training and Support to the Voluntary and Community sector in South Somerset, Mendip and Sedgemoor. They also run the Volunteer Service, inspiring people to get involved and make a difference in their Communities.

Heads Up Deputy Manager, Mandy with Leonie Girling.

Volunteer Week 2016 - Volunteers Tea party

21/07/2016During Volunteers Week on Wednesday 8th June 2016 an afternoon Tea Party was held at Wells Town Hall, in the presence of The Right Worshipful The Major of Wells Councillor Alison Gibson, to celebrate and thank volunteers for their hard work. The organisers said that “it was a huge success” and thanked the following organisations for taking part:- “Wells Festival of Literature, Beanstalk, The Bishop’s Palace, Visitor Information Service and Wells and Mendip Museum, The Cathedral, The Civic Society, The Reredos Project at St Cuthberts, Girl Guides, Mendip Credit Union, The Lawrence Centre, Wells Dementia Action Alliance, Heads Up, Oxfam and Wells City Lions.”

Wells Journal Article

Former Heads Up Volunteer, Joe Gordon

30/4/2016Former Heads Up volunteer, Joe Gordon, is now a full-time support worker at Bradbury House, Priddy, having achieved an NVQ2 in Health and Social Care. Joe was a regular volunteer for four years. Well done Joe !

Garden Volunteer Update by Garden Coordinator, Lee-Anne25/01/2016

'Thank you to all the garden volunteers who, despite the very soggy winter weather, have continued to work hard to make improvements to the Healing Garden. The team's achievements have included refurbishing the wildlife pond, demolishing the rotten raised beds in the car park and constructing new ones, and building bug hotels and bat boxes for sale in the spring to help raise funds. I would also like to express my appreciation to all who have offered to help with the Heads Up pop up garden which will be built at the Bath and West Show this June – watch this space!'